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A Giant Screen Safari in One of the Most Beautiful Wildlife Reserves on Earth: the Okavango Delta A GIANT SCREEN SAFARI IN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WILDLIFE RESERVES ON EARTH: THE OKAVANGO DELTA Following the worldwide success of Wild Safari 3D, the first ever 3D wildlife film, nWave Pictures invites audiences on a new and exciting adventure in the African wilderness. For many of us, Africa remains a distant and inaccessible place. Now however, there is an opportunity to visit the Okavango Delta, one of the most unique wilderness areas on this fascinating continent, in a new 40 minute giant screen film, African Adventure 3D: Safari in the Okavango. The Delta, created by the flood waters of the Okavango, is so large it can be spotted from deep space like a giant hand, bringing relief to this desolate region. Little-known to the outside world until a few decades ago, this secluded 20,000 square km maze of lagoons, channels and islands forms one of the most beautiful and pris- tine wildlife reserves on Earth. This is not an exhaustive documentary about the region, but rather a unique photo safari in the flooded desert. Led by South African zoologist Liesl Eichenberger, viewers join world- renowned wildlife filmmaker Tim Liversedge, for a thrilling adventure in the flooded desert. Through stunning 3D photography, they get “up close and personal” with a great variety of big-game animals, crocodiles, hippos, elephants, and lions, and observe one of the largest bird concentrations on the planet. At the young age of 20, Tim was hired by the Smithsonian to participate in a survey of deltas. He fell in love with the Okavango and has lived there ever since. In the late sixties, he became one of the first game wardens of the Okavango. Twenty years ago, Tim’s passionately held conviction that the long-term protection of wildlife habitats would require the support of the international community prompted him to interrupt his career as a game warden to become a wildlife filmmaker and to share his deep knowledge of the place with worldwide audiences. People will not care about a place they don’t know. Tim believed his films could make a difference. For over 10 years Liesl Eichenberger, the host of nWave’s Wild Safari 3D, has been involved with conservation programs in South Africa. Having always wanted to explore the Okavango, she could not pass up the invitation to spend several weeks at Tim’s film camp in the heart of the delta, and to discover the region through the eyes of an expert. [ Film Synopsis ] African Adventure 3D: Safari in the Okavango offers viewers the ultimate giant-screen 3D adventure of going on a photo safari in the Okavango Delta without ever leaving the comfort of their local cinema. The immersive beauty of 3D photography puts the audience in the boat with zoologist Liesl Eichenberger and wildlife filmma- ker Tim Liversedge as they explore this unique region of our planet untouched by civilization. Departing from the panhandle in the north where the Okavango River meanders through a 10-mile wide mat of papyrus, viewers will venture into the heart of the delta and come face-to-face with hippos, crocodiles, ele- phants, lions, and many types of antelope. Through the wonders of giant screen 3D technology, viewers will get a sense of “being there” developing a grea- ter appreciation of why conservationists like Liversedge have been striving their entire lives to ensure that the Okavango Delta is treated as a national treasure; worth protecting for generations to come. EFAUZtvJ [ Production Notes ] After making significant breakthroughs in the large format industry with computer animated films including, 3D Mania: Encounter in the Third Dimension, Alien Adventure and Haunted Castle, producer/director Ben Stassen created the world’s first wildlife adventure in three dimensions, Wild Safari 3D. Following the success of Wild Safari 3D, Stassen decided to embark on an even more ambitious project, a photo safari in the Okavango Delta. Uniquely formatted, African Adventure 3D places the viewer in the passenger seat of a variety of open air vehicles including a 4 wheel drive, a motor boat, an airboat and even a Mokoro, a canoe carved out of a tree trunk, accompanying Tim Liversedge and Liesl Eichenberger exploring the delta. “I wanted to take this photo safari to a very literal level,” says Stassen, “and actually position the audience in the back seat of the vehicles.” The use of 3D filming technology accentuates audience involvement in the film. “3D enables you to truly take the audience and put them in the filmic space,” says Stassen. “I wanted to bring the audience close to the wildlife in a real setting and create a strong sense of being there.” Beyond the visceral fun of such an immersive film experience, African Adventure 3D also sets out to tell an important story about the need to preserve unique ecosystems like the Okavango Delta for generations to come. As a lifelong conservationist, Tim Liversedge decided to become a wildlife filmmaker in the 1980s. His passio- nately held conviction that the long-term protection of wildlife habitats would require the support of the inter- national community prompted him to interrupt his career as a game warden to become a wildlife filmmaker and share his deep knowledge of the place with worldwide audiences. People will not care about a place they don’t know. Tim believed his films could make a difference. “Making Tim the central figure of the film turned out to be a great opportunity to tell an interesting story set in a fantastic region, but it also proved to be a formidable challenge,” explains Stassen. Over the years, Tim has made a series of spectacular films in and around the delta. To capture some of Tim’s magic in a giant screen film and in 3D would turn out to be a logistical nightmare. The amount of equipment and the size of the crew nee- ded for this type of production are unheard of in traditional wildlife documentary production. “It was a very stressful production. The water level was the highest in 25 years. It was very hard to move around,” tells Stassen. We chartered a total of 57 planes over the course of the production just to move from point A to point B. Some flights were a mere 7 minutes long, but there was no other way to get to the nume- rous locations.” “But it is often under the harshest of conditions that the best scenes are captured,” observes Stassen, “and hopefully this thrilling adventure will give audiences a greater appreciation for this corner of paradise.” EFAUZtvJ [ INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR BEN STASSEN ] How did African Adventure 3D come about ? BS: I am not a wildlife filmmaker, but I really enjoyed making Wild Safari 3D in South Africa a couple of years ago. Wild Safari 3D was not your traditional wildlife film, but rather a more visceral, immersive film experience. The storyline was very basic. We spent the duration of the film driving around in a 4x4 looking for the Big Five. Yet, moviegoers really went for it and seemed to enjoy the strong sense of being there made possible by the size of the screen and the 3D. When I decided to embark on another African safari film, I searched for a topic and a location that would enable me to retain the same immersive quality of the first film and at the same time tell a more fully developed story. It all fell into place when world renowned wildlife filmmaker, Tim Liversedge accepted not only to be my produ- cing partner, but to also be the main focus of the film. Why the Okavango Delta ? BS: I first selected the destination before I even knew Tim was going to be involved. The Okavango Delta is one of the most beautiful wildlife reserves on Earth. The landscapes are spectacular and the wildlife is extremely varied and abundant. I knew Tim as a fellow large format filmmaker and I had talked to him a couple of times at IMAX conventions. Tim lives in Botswana at the edge of the delta and I decided to give him a call to ask his advice on how to go about filming in that part of the world. It did not take me long to realize that he is the foremost expert on the region. At the end of the first phone call, Tim invited me to pay him a visit. He would act as my location scout. On the very first day, Tim showed me a couple hours of videotape from his 20 years of filming in the Okavango; rough, unedited behind-the-scenes footage of him working in the delta. The material looked so exciting to me. Remember, I have no real experience as a wildlife filmmaker and I had no idea as to what it really takes to cap- ture animal behavior on film in a remote and inaccessible place like the Okavango Delta. I though I was going to see long sequences of Tim sitting around waiting for things to happen. Not at all! Tim looked and behaved like Indiana Jones with a camera. Over the years he has developed all sorts of amazing shooting platforms and filming techniques. But most importantly, I came to realize that Tim was a filmmaker with a mission. This life-long environmentalist gave up his career as a game warden, to become a filmmaker. In the 1980s, he felt an urgent need to share his deep knowledge and passion for the Okavango with international audiences. Southern Africa is extremely arid, and thirsty countries in the region periodically eye the Okavango as a wasted source of much needed water.
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